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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Madras_Infantry) 108th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Madras_Infantry) 108th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Inniskilling_Fusiliers Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Inniskilling_Fusiliers Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Irish_Rangers Royal Irish Rangers] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Irish_Rangers Royal Irish Rangers] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Irish_Regiment_(1992) Royal Irish Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Irish_Regiment_(1992) Royal Irish Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071220001237/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/108-862.htm 108th Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071117235701/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/108.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071220001237/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/108-862.htm 108th Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071117235701/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/108.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/royinnisfus_index.htm The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers] includes deployments. British Armed Forces & National Service<br>
*[http://www.inniskillingsmuseum.com/ The Inniskillings Museum] including [http://www.inniskillingsmuseum.com/the-regiments-2/history A Brief History]
[http://www.inniskillingsmuseum.com/The Inniskillings Museum] including
*[http://www.royal-irish.com/ The Royal Irish <nowiki>[Regiment]</nowiki>]  Details of Museums and future database for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ([[27th Regiment of Foot|27th]] and 108th Regiments of Foot), the Royal Irish Rifles ([[83rd Regiment of Foot|83rd]] and [[86th Regiment of Foot|86th]]  Regiments of Foot) and the Royal Irish Fusiliers ([[87th Regiment of Foot|87th]]  and [[89th Regiment of Foot|89th]] Regiments of Foot). In addition, in time it is intended to include in the database the names of many soldiers who served in what have become known as the Disbanded Irish Regiments, such as the Connaught Rangers, ([[88th Regiment of Foot|88th]] and [[94th Regiment of Foot|94th]] Regiments of Foot),  the Dublin Fusiliers ([[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|102th]] and [[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers| 103th]] Regiments of Foot) and the [[18th Regiment of Foot|(18th) Royal Irish Regiment]]. The Leinster Regiment  ([[100th Regiment of Foot|100th]] and 109th Regiments of Foot) and the Royal Munster Fusiliers  ([[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers| 101st]] and [[2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry|104th]] Regiments of Foot) also are part of this category.
[http://www.inniskillingsmuseum.com/the-regiments-2/history A Brief History]
**[http://www.royal-irish.com/stories/imperial-policing Imperial Policing] The Inniskillings in India.
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_jBYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Standing Mess Rules for the Officers of the 3rd Mad. Eur. Regiment''] 1857 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/abyssinianexped00halygoog ''The Abyssinian Expedition and the Management of Troops in the Field in Unhealthy Locations''] by Colonel G T Haly (late of the  108th Foot)1867 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284894/2015.284894.The-British#page/n280/mode/1up/ "The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Battalion II: late 108th  Regiment of Foot"] page  257  ''The British Army : Its Regimental Records, Badges, Devices Etc'' by Major J H Lawrence-Archer 1888 Archive.org , Digital Library of India Collection.
 
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[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 11:53, 31 March 2017

Part of the Madras European Infantry, later renamed the 108th Regiment of Foot.

Chronology

  • 1766 raised as the 3rd Madras European Regiment
  • 1774 absorbed into 1st and 2nd Madras European Regiments
  • 1777 reformed as the 3rd Madras European Regiment
  • 1796 disbanded
  • 1854 raised as the 3rd Madras (European) Infantry
  • 1858 taken into the British Army
  • 1859 became the 3rd Madras Infantry
  • 1862 renamed 108th Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot to form The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
  • 1968 merged with the Royal Ulster Rifles and the Royal Irish Fusiliers and became the Royal Irish Rangers

Service in British India

External Links

Historical books online